Sarah Burns

Sarah Burns is an American film and television actress and comedian best known for playing Krista on HBOs Enlightened Born on Long Island New York Burns has performed improvisational comedy regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City Burns is known for her appearances in comedic films and television series Her film roles include Anne in Slow Learners 2015 opposite Adam Pally Hailey in I Love You Man 2009 Harper in Going the Distance 2010 and Janine Groff in Life as We Know It 2010 She has also appeared in television productions including Damage Control one episode 2005 Flight of the Conchords one episode 2007 Party Down one episode 2010 and Ben and Kate one episode 2012 She had a costarring role in the short film Cried Suicide 2010 which was screened at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival Her short film The First Step 2012 premiered at the 2013 Seattle International Film Festival She appears as part of a recurring cast of sketch players for the Comedy Central television series Drunk History which premiered in July 2013 In 2015 Burns was a series regular in second season of the FX comedy series Married Burns was cast as Assistant District Attorney Emily Sinclair in Season Two of the show How to Get Away With Murder In 2009 Entertainment Weekly named her one of the 25 Funniest Actresses in Hollywood In June 2013 Entertainment Weekly named Burns one of 15 Actresses Were Rooting For as part of its Emmy Watch In 2016 Burns appeared as Margie Turley in the Lorne Michaelsproduced Brother Nature In 2017 Burns appeared as Gabrielle in the HBO original miniseries Big Little Lies and in the Netflix series Wet Hot American Summer Ten Years Later In 2020 Burns appeared as Kaylie in the Netflix film Desperados as well as a major role in the Netflix series Aunty Donnas Big Ol House of Fun